Publication History

(UPDATED: 23 February 2014)

Since around 1997, I've had poetry or prose (reviews, prose poems) published in the following:

Journals: 

Uut Poetry  
Beat the Dust
Lummox
Amsterdam Quarterly
Kumquat Poetry 
Unshod Quills
Protimluv (in Czech)
Kam v Brně (in Czech)
Past Simple
Cerebration
Super Clod Clod
Rakish Angel
GRASP
Turntable and Blue Light
Gently Read Literature
Willows Wept Review
Heavy Bear
Black Heart Magazine
The Smoking Poet
The Refined Savage
Eight Octaves Review
Venereal Kittens
Poetica
Black Lamb
Oregon English Journal

Haggard and Halloo

The Poetry Pole

Get Underground

Out of Order
Open Wide Magazine
The Other Side of Ragged Edge
Zino's Paradox
The Mercury
Alchemy
Radioactive Pickle
In-Synch

Anthologies:

Ars Poetica 2013 (in Slovak)
 
Open Wide - 10th Anniversary Edition

From a Terrace in Prague: A Prague Poetry Anthology

PRCHAVÉ DOMOVY: Mezi vyhnavstvím a vnitřním exilem / FLEETING HOMES: Between Banishment and Inner Exile (CZ & ENG)

Bending Light into Verse II

The Return of Kral Majales: Prague's International Literary Renaissance 1990-2010

A.D. Winans Tribute (Open Wide Magazine)
Destination Anywhere (Open Wide Magazine)

Raising Our Voices: Oregon Poets Against the War

Self-Inflicted Euro Haircut - Part Deux

Well I told you they were coming, so here they are - pics of my first ever self-inflicted haircut (unless Mom remembers another time when I was a wee lad?). Anyway, this was a huge milestone for me, letting go my desire for a 'professional' and simply trusting in my own perfectionist tendencies. And I saved a few bucks along the way.









The tools... small pair of dull scissors, which I could barely fit my fingers into... small mirror, about 2"x3"... and a rubber band off some vegetables (I don't remember what kind).







The remnants of my wooly winter fluff.














The results (after an hour or so): Voila! Euro Haircuts rock! Please note that it looked much better after a wash, and looks great now since it's got its curl back.


Thank you for your fascination.

Genius: Do You Know Who I Am?

I can only hope I will be this clever if ever in a similar situation:

What I Need(ed) For Christmas(17+ Years Ago)

The alarm clock that runs away and hides when you don't wake up. Clocky gives you one chance to get up. But if you snooze, Clocky will jump off of your nightstand and wheel around your room looking for a place to hide. Clocky is kind of like a misbehaving pet, only he will get up at the right time. Read more...

I know, it may sound crazy, but when I was in high school I would set anywhere from 3-5 alarm clocks all around the room - electric, battery, wind-up, it didn't matter... I'd either sleep through them or get up in my sleep and turn them off. Typically, my waking up required my grandma or my sister shaking me until I came to.

To be fair, I wasn't lazy - I simply rarely got sleep. Living on a hobby-farm meant routine phonecalls from neighbors telling us our cows had gotten through our shabby fences and were in the middle of the road... so I'd often get up at 3:30am (or whenever), round up the cows with a flashlight, 'repair' the fence with bailing twine (or wire), and then go back to bed for an hour or two before school.

And my teachers wondered why I slept through classes...

Self-Inflicted Euro Haircut

Last night I cut my own hair. I look more 'European' now (no, it's not a Euro-mullet, but it was at one point - til I fixed it). Photos will follow in a few days.